Word: essays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major departure from the old system is a one-hour essay which will be more factual and specific than the rest of the examination. According to Taylor, this is intended to insure proper coverage of a student's individual field, and there will be a wide choice of topics...
...system supplants the aging fallacy that examinations can extort conclusive proof of a student's achievement in a given field of knowledge with the more reasonable supposition that a carefully considered essay on the reading in a course provides a better measure of the learning absorbed...
...require completion of a majority of the required reading can insure that academic virtue is given its own reward. Surely the scope afforded in a paper topic will represent a more satisfactory test of a student's work than either the overly picayune or overly general variety of essay questions so prevalent on Harvard examinations...
Government 99 will require an essay by Junior Honors candidates in May, instead of a final exam, Stanley H. Hoffman, Henry LaBarre Jayne Assistant Professor of Government, revealed yesterday...
Although the grade on the essay will be an important part of the final grade in Junior tutorial, Hoffman stressed that admission to Senior Honors tutorial depends more on the candidate's general record in Government courses than on his specific grade in Government...